Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 19

The next morning, Allison left for an overseas conference,

When Ella called, Stephanie couldn’t help but smirk. “Tell your cousin to say fat for a lot longer Alton’s gone Shell out of town for about a month

Ella sounded surprised. “How do you know that? Did she call you?”

Stephanie: “Yeah, she called me at 1 AM last night.”

Ella let out a small laugh. “She called you at 1 AM to tell you her schedule? Is the crazy?

She knew doctors had weird hours, but I AM? That was a new level of bizarre for Allison

Stephanie laughed, “Actually, she called about Olivia.”

Ella was intrigued. “Olivia? What happened to her?”

Stephanie paused, and then she replied, “She got admitted to the hospital last night. Apparently, she’s got a bunch of diseases.”

Ella’s voice immediately shifted, a mix of shock and confusion. “A bunch? How many? What kind of diseases?”

Stephanie filled her in on everything she knew, and Ella was stunned.

Just yesterday, she’d seen Olivia and Chris at a gynecology clinic, and she’d assumed it was because Olivia was pregnant.

Turns out, it was because she was seriously sick.

Stephanie recalled what Allison told her yesterday. “Uterine cancer, heart disease, and I think liver cancer too.”

Ella gasped, her voice shaky. “What… how does she have so many diseases? And uterine cancer? How does that even happen?”

Like Stephanie, Ella seemed to think uterine cancer was something that came with an indulgent lifestyle.

uterine cancer, her

added, “How would I know? Allison said she’s an ‘ethical doctor, so she wouldn’t gossip

and Olivia have a future. I mean, what kind of family would want a daughter–in–law with so many problems?

conservative.”

Olivia. They knew she was the daughter of a nanny, and that

her serious health problems, there was no way they’d ever accept her as

to watch out. With all Olivia’s health issues, the older members of the Ashford family are gonna do whatever it takes to stop Chris from getting back together with

if they start

lock Stephanie down now–especially since she was from the

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them, Stephanie was the perfect replacement for

Ella wasn’t wrong.

already keeping a

before and were especially

quick breakfast before heading to the

there, she got a call from Chris’s mom. “Stefi, come by for lunch today, I’ll cook your

“Thanks, but I’ve got a lot going on this afternoon. I won’t be able to

she wasn’t about to leave it to the designers. She

sighed heavily. “Is this about Olivia?

sure how to respond. She didn’t want to

“Or should I come find you?”

mostly out of respect.

easier to just go and deal with

meeting face–to–face might give her a chance to clear up whatever hope the Hart family had about her

strange number flashed

She answered, “Hello?”

Chris’s voice, low and tired.

almost hung up right away. The sound of